His eyes are as blue as the skies above,

And his smile as bright as the midst of May

When the truce-bird pipes: Has he passed this way?

And one says: "Ay; but his face, alack!

Frowned as he passed, and his eyes were black."

O who will tell me of Love? I cry!

His eyes are as blue as the mid-May sky,

And his face as bright as the morning sun;

And you answer and mock me, every one,

That his eyes were dark, and his face was wan,